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16 years ago

inference of multipliers from VHDL

Hello, I am working with a Cyclone 2, she has many 8*8 multipliers. I have a module where I use multiplications. After compiling my VHDL code I can see with the "RTL Viewer" the multi...
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16 years ago

Hello Pancake,

Yes, it was a multiplication with a constant.

I forced the use of an embedded multiplicator (using the magic lines of FVM), but the timing according with the timer analyzer is worst.

I guess, Quartus did a good election when doing it with LE instead using Embedded multipliers.

Good Luck.